Dylan Rieder , a professional skateboarder and model, died on October 12 due to complications from leukemia, according to his father. Actor Tommy Ford , best known for his role as Tommy in the s hit sitcom "Martin," died in Atlanta, a spokeswoman for his family announced on October Ford was Award-winning author Gloria Naylor , whose explorations of the lives of black women in the s and s earned her wide acclaim, died on September Golfing legend Arnold Palmer , who helped turn the sport from a country club pursuit to one that became accessible to the masses, died September 25 at the age of 87, according to the U.
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Roberts, seen here at center, was A cause of death was not immediately known. Actor David Huddleston , perhaps best known for his role in the film "The Big Lebowski," died August 2 at the age of Youree Dell Harris , better known as "Miss Cleo," the pitchwoman for the Psychic Readers Network, died July 26 of cancer, according to an attorney for her family. Timothy LaHaye , the evangelical minister and co-author of the "Left Behind" book series, died July 26 following a massive stroke.
He was 90 years old. Here, he is seen at left with co-author Jerry B. Jenkins in Wiesel's book "La Nuit" is the story of the Wiesel family being sent to Nazi concentration camps.
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Cunningham was a street-life photographer; a cultural anthropologist; a fixture at fashion events; and a celebrity in spite of his desire to keep the camera focused on others, not himself.
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The year-old singer, who finished third on season 6 of "The Voice" on NBC, was shot while signing autographs after a concert in Orlando. Howe, also known as "Mr. Hockey," died June 10 at the age of 88, his son Marty said. Mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice died June 6 at the age of Slice, whose real name was Kevin Ferguson, initially gained fame from online videos that showed him engaging in backyard bare-knuckle fights. He then became a professional fighter with a natural charisma that endeared him to fans.
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William Schallert , a familiar face in television and film thanks to roles on "The Patty Duke Show," "Star Trek" and many more, died May 8 at age 93, his son said. The actress, who played the jilted girlfriend of Rick Humphrey Bogart in the movie, was Wiesel repeated that tactic in when he took out a full-page ad in The New York Times calling on the U.
In a interview with Haaretz, Wiesel said he would bequeath the archive of his writings to Boston University, where he had taught for decades. Wiesel is survived by his wife Marion, their son Shlomo Elisha Wiesel, and his stepdaughter Jennifer and two grandchildren. Ronen Shnidman Jul. Get email notification for articles from Ronen Shnidman Follow. Open gallery view. Elie Wiesel. Credit: AP. Elie Wiesel, pictured in Elie Wiesel's missing 'Night' manuscript. Credit: Daniel Tchetchik.
Credit: AFP. President Barack Obama hugging Elie Wiesel. When Oprah Winfrey selected an updated version of the book for her television book club in , it became a bestseller but reignited a debate over whether it was a novelized memoir. Wiesel maintained that it was a true account. Using his personal story as both a testimonial and departure point for his writing, he earned a reputation as the leading spiritual archivist of the Nazi persecution of the Jews.
Small in stature with a melancholy nature, he explored the themes of guilt, psychic trauma, endurance and the necessity to remain hopeful about the future despite the worst injustices. Questions about justice, human dignity and ethnic hatred that Wiesel repeatedly returned to soon were recognized as issues common to every race, ethnicity and culture. Eliezer Wiesel was born Sept. Many relatives of his mother, Sarah, were rabbis, and he was raised an Orthodox Jew in the Hasidic tradition.
I can see a fire! Who was it who had cried out? It was Madame Schachter…. There are huge flames! It was as though madness were taking possession of us all.
Some of the young men forced her to sit down, tied her up, and put a gag in her mouth. Within hours of arriving in Poland at Auschwitz, Wiesel and his father were transferred to Buna in Germany, where they spent most of their imprisonment. Upon arriving, his father died of dysentery, starvation and exhaustion. Our terror was about to burst the sides of the train. Three months later, the Nazis fled the camp as Allied Forces were about to break through the gates. Among children taken to a Normandy youth home, Wiesel soon was reunited with his two older sisters, Hilda and Batya.
In addition to Night , he wrote more than 40 books for which he received a number of literary awards, including:. His writings also include a memoir written in two volumes. The first volume is entitled All Rivers Run to the Sea The second is entitled And the Sea is Never Full In , Wiesel became the founding president of the Paris-based Universal Academy of Cultures, a human rights organization.
He received more than honorary degrees from institutions of higher learning. In a press release, the Nobel Committee described Wiesel as follows:.
Wiesel is a messenger to mankind; his message is one of peace, atonement and human dignity. His belief that the forces fighting evil in the world can be victorious is a hard-won belief. The message is in the form of a testimony, repeated and deepened through the works of a great author. Its mission is to advance the cause of human rights and peace throughout the world by creating a new forum for the discussion of urgent ethical issues confronting humanity.
Wiesel reunited with his older sisters, Beatrice and Hilda, following liberation. Several months later, they learned that Beatrice had also survived. His parents, Sarah and Shlomo, and younger sister, Tzipora, were killed. Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to defend human rights and peace around the world.
Elie Wiesel is 16 years old at the conclusion of Night. Wiesel was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in May He was then sent to forced labor at Auschwitz III, also called Monowitz, located several miles from the main camp. In January , Wiesel was transported to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Elie Wiesel reflected on his relationship with God in writings, speeches, and interviews. He opens his memoir Night by writing about his devout faith and religious education as a young boy.
As he witnesses the inhumanity of Auschwitz in Night , Wiesel explains that he began to question God. More than 50 years after liberation, he reflected on this: " What about my faith in you, Master of the Universe?
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